unenviable

adj.

1. 艰难的；讨厌的；不值得羡慕的
   difficult or unpleasant; that you would not want to have
   1. She was given the unenviable task of informing the losers.
      让她去通知失败的人，真不是什么好差事。

1. ADJ-GRADED 不值得羡慕的；令人不快的；尴尬的
   If you describe a situation or task as unenviable, you mean that nobody would enjoy dealing with it because it is very difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant.
   1. She had the unenviable task of making the first few phone calls...
      她接受了这个令人为难的差事，负责打头几个电话。
   2. It put me in the unenviable position of having to lie.
      这令我陷入了不得不说谎的尴尬境地。

1. His abrasive manner has won him an unenviable notoriety
   他生硬粗暴的态度让他声名狼藉。
2. He has been given the unenviable task of going round, cap in hand, to various generous companies.
   他被分配了一个苦差，要点头哈腰地去拜访那些愿意掏钱资助的公司。
3. Britain held the unenviable record of having the highest divorce rate in Europe.
   英国在欧洲各国中保持着不光彩的最高离婚率纪录。
4. Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill
   沃克不得不把这个坏消息告诉希尔。
5. She had the unenviable task of making the first few phone calls
   她接受了这个令人为难的差事，负责打头几个电话。
6. It put me in the unenviable position of having to lie.
   这令我陷入了不得不说谎的尴尬境地。
7. This leaves many vendors in the unenviable spot of having to finesse their business model like a game of risk.
   这样的话，许多厂商就会处于不利地位，必须小心调整自己的业务模式，这就成了一场风险游戏。
8. Australia is on track to become the fattest nation, although experts questioned whether it had overtaken the United States and small Pacific countries for the unenviable title.
   澳大利亚正走在成为最肥国的路上，尽管专家们怀疑它是否已赶上美国和其它一些亚太地区小国，摘下顶并不让人艳羡的“桂冠”。
9. The situation that China faces is an unenviable one.
   中国当前面临的形势是不值得羡慕的。
10. Nigeria has the unenviable title of being the worst country for a baby to enter the world in 2013.
    尼日利亚摘得了无人羡慕的头衔，成为2013年婴儿的最差出生地。
11. He was in the unenviable position of having to choose between imprisonment or exile.
    他已陷于进退维谷的地步，不是坐牢就是流放，必须在两者间做出抉择。
12. But the Harbin scandal also focused the spotlight on an unenviable safety record.
    但哈尔滨丑闻也将人们的注意力引向不光彩的安全记录。
13. Cooper had the unenviable job of announcing the redundancies.
    库伯负责宣布裁员这个不讨好的任务。
14. It is an unenviable choice, which Mr Obama has already made once before, only to back down when the going got tough.
    这是一个不值得羡慕的选择奥巴马以前已经做过这样的选择，结果是当形势变得严峻时不得不放弃。
15. A divorced woman is likely to find herself in an unenviable position.
    离婚女子很容易觉察到自己被人另眼相看。
16. Deciding on which team will come away with the trophy is the unenviable task here.
    决定哪支队伍会赢得总冠军并不是一个很轻松的工作。
17. However, the eurozone leaders have stolen this unenviable prize by letting the Greek debt crisis get so out of hand that it now threatens the integrity of the eurozone.
    但是，欧元区各国领导人抢先一步、摘得了这个并不令人钦羡的桂冠&他们让希腊债务危机失控，使其威胁到欧元区的完整性。
18. As was discussed here last month, the United States is now in an unenviable predicament, gripped by conflicting pressures from rapidly weakening growth alongside elevated and accelerating inflation.
    正如上个月在这里讨论的一样，美国现在正陷入一个让人退避三舍的困境，被迅速衰落的经济增长河不断升级的通货膨胀双重压力重重围困。
19. He felt his tear ducts burning, and could barely restrain himself from grasping his mother's thin, bony hands in his own. His parents have given my wife and I the unenviable task of making him bilingual.
    他感到鼻子有些发酸。他差点忍不住握住母亲那双瘦骨嶙峋的手。他的父母给了我和我太太一分艰难的差事&教育他掌握双语。
20. Today's miner still works hard, and in unenviable conditions underground.
    今天的矿工仍然辛苦地工作，而且是在地下相当艰苦的条件下工作。
21. Beck has the unenviable task of trying to rebuild the business.
    贝克承担了试图重建企业的艰巨任务。
22. His parents have given my wife and I the unenviable task of making him bilingual.
    他的父母给了我和我太太一分艰难的差事&教育他掌握双语。
23. He took on an unenviable task, like a leader taking on the throne amid great turmoil.
    他接手了一项不值得羡慕的任务，就像在剧烈动荡时期登上王位的领袖。
24. The unenviable task of ringing the parents of the dead child.
    给死亡孩子的父母打电话报丧这桩尴尬的差事。
25. He has an unenviable record of ill-health.
    他一直身体不好，这可不值得羡慕。
26. Companies in industries such as software and telephony find themselves in the unenviable position of trying to guess how much of their business will move to this advertising-supported sector-and how quickly they need to respond.
    软件、电话等行业的公司发现，自己陷入了一种不值得羡慕的境地，要努力地猜测自己的业务有多少会转到这种由广告支持的领域以及自己需要以多快的速度进行反应。
27. It's a management team with an unenviable task.
    资讯科技是有一件不值得羡慕的工作经营团队。
28. Whoever wins will inherit an unenviable legacy.
    那么谁将接受这个烂摊子呢？
29. In contrast, many Western banks are in the unenviable position of having to pay a premium.
    相反，许多西方银行却处于不得不支付溢价的尴尬境地。
30. The former foreign minister's supporters know that Karzai now faces two unenviable choices.
    前外交部部长的支持者们知道卡尔扎伊现在面临着两个令其为难的选择。

adj

1. so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy
   1. unenviable notoriety

2. hard to deal with
   1. awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
   2. an awkward pause followed his remark
   3. a sticky question
   4. in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign

   Synonym:    awkwardembarrassingsticky